Kebnat

Micromus

4 species

In Québec, the genus Micromus (family Hemerobiidae) counts 4 species of insects. The stars? Posterior brown lacewing, Grooved brown lacewing and Variegated Brown Lacewing, the most often observed. The richest region: Montérégie, with 4 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Montérégie4
  2. Capitale-Nationale3
  3. Montréal3
  4. Estrie2
  5. Outaouais2
  6. Laval2
  7. Lanaudière2
  8. Laurentides2
  9. Bas-Saint-Laurent1
  10. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  11. Mauricie1
  12. Abitibi-Témiscamingue1
  13. Côte-Nord1
  14. Nord-du-Québec1
  15. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine1

Micromus 4

Neuroptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Hemerobiidae
All21Hemerobiidae8Chrysopidae6Sisyridae3Mantispidae2Ithonidae1Myrmeleontidae1
Posterior brown lacewing33 observations
Grooved brown lacewing14 observations
Variegated Brown Lacewing10 observations
Antique brown lacewing6 observations